Los Angeles-based filmmaker Jason Matzner is most known for his dramatic feature DREAMLAND, which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, was distributed by Sony, and played extensively on televsion. 

 

A coming-of-age drama starring Agnes Bruckner, Kelli Garner, Justin Long, Gina Gershon, and John Corbett, DREAMLAND was honored at film festivals worldwide, including the Deauville Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Gent Film Festival in Belgium, Copenhagen Youth Film Festival, Giffoni Film Festival in Italy, and many others. 

 

DREAMLAND earned Matzner a BEST DIRECTOR award at the actor-focused Method Fest Film Festival, as well BEST FEMALE LEAD for Bruckner and Garner, and BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR for Corbett.  In addition, DREAMLAND was honored as the Opening Night film at the Gen-Art Film Festival in New York.

 

Matzner began his directing career with music videos. Matzner has also directed commercials, PSAs, fashion films, and promos, including a TELLY AWARD-winning spot for the Newport Beach Film Festival. 

 

Matzner’s short film FURTHUR, which he also lensed and edited, won BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the 2012 La Jolla Fashion Film Festival, the largest fashion film festival in the world.

 

Matzner’s martial arts short film THE JOB, premiered at the 2016 Palm Springs ShortFest and won Best Action Sequence (Short) at the 2016 Action on Film Festival.

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At the same time, Matzner has worked in feature story development since 1993.  He is currently a senior story analyst at Universal Pictures, where he has developed major motion pictures such as THE BOURNE IDENTITY franchise, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, and UNBROKEN, amongst many others.

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Matzner holds a B.A. in Film Studies from Wesleyan University.  He is also a musician and fine-art still photographer.